of them. a bill that prevents a government shutdown, should be a simple choice for every senator in this chamber. until recently, our democratic colleagues agreed. >> leader mcconnell, on this instance as on many, many others, says our way or no way. that's wrong. we will do everything we can to avoid a shutdown. if, god forbid, there's a shutdown, it will fall on the majority leader's shoulders and the president's shoulders. we all know what the president has said. he wants a shutdown. >> they do a lot more blame gaming than they go governing, don't they? >> a lot of blame gaming. i think it depends on how the shutdown happens. if the bill can't get through the house and that's why the shutdown happens, that's obviously a republican issue. if the senate democrats don't let the bill go through because they want a daca bill, that's more likely to be blamed on the democrats. it depends on where we are.